The Geographical Magazine, October 1967, Vol XL (40) No 6: Sir Vivian Fuchs on Halley Bay; New Iran; Mexico City; Antwerp; Trinidad and Tobago; River Tay

The Geographical Magazine, October 1967: Volume XL (40), Number 6. The illustrated London monthly of exploration, travel, peoples and places, jointly owned by a trust chaired by the President of the Royal Geographical Society and Times Newspapers, with half of all dividends assigned to a fund for exploration and research.

COVER: 'Sir Vivian Fuchs: Floating Base at Halley Bay', 'New Iran', 'Mexico City', 'Antwerp', 'Trinidad and Tobago' and 'River Tay'; arrival of the Perla Dan, British Antarctic Survey. Price 3s. 6d.

IN THIS ISSUE: A Country Fit for a King by Michael Teague (Iran's advance in the last twenty-five years); Three Faces of the River Tay by Rosemary Booth (a look at Scotland's longest river); Life Cycle of a Polar Station by Sir Vivian Fuchs (the rebuilding of Halley Bay, Antarctica); Water Problems of the Aztec Capital by David J. Fox (how water has shaped the history of Mexico City); The Ideal Climate by John F. Griffiths (weather, health and character); Antwerp on the Scheldt by Hector de Bruyne (Belgium's leading seaport is an inland city); Islands of Sunshine by Graham Norton (Trinidad and Tobago and their happy people); Two-Island Nation by David Smithers (economy of Trinidad and Tobago).

ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Christopher Barringer, Ann Savours, John Abbott and D. J. Sinclair; Notes by Ptolemy.

THEMES: Antarctica and the British Antarctic Survey, Iran under the Shah, Mexico, Scotland, Belgium and ports, the Caribbean, climatology.

96 pages, illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Derek Weber (Editor); published by Odhams Press for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, Long Acre, London.

Author: Derek Weber (ed.), Sir Vivian Fuchs, Michael Teague, Rosemary Booth

Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good